I also couldn't resist! Plus I used Adobe Spark which used to try out SylviaR's 5 card activity. Gosh, this is all starting to feel very connected.
I completely got into reading what others had offered for this exercise. I found myself looking for similarities and connections. Then creating my own wasn't too time-consuming. Win win for a community building activity, I'd say!
I'm sharing an image that summarizes what this course has meant to me and will mean going forward. Thank you for the inspiration, Tara!
I feel like I've come across a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow. So many good ideas shared! And they just kept flo(w)ing over the waterfall. Going forward I plan to use them, of course!
SylviaR I saw your comment: I've been wanting an opportunity to use this activity in an online course for years! and had a flashback to a Northern Voice conference at UBC where Alan unveiled this idea. I left the session thinking cool, I'm going to try this 5 card Flickr thing. I looked back in my own Flickr photos and saw it was 2011. Haha some ideas just need to percolate for awhile.
At the time I was thinking as a community building activity it would be interesting to deal out the same 5 cards to everyone to see how the stories might vary. It probably wouldn't have the same pizzazz but it might have a more connecting effect? Not sure!
With MicroCourses we just jump right in. Let's do this!
Almost everything you need is in the Activity Packet. There are 10 steps to this process, and today you'll be motoring through 6 of them! Don't worry, much of it is quite light.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Situating Ourselves activity over the weekend. Keep them coming, and drop a comment or two if you feel compelled. Have you noticed what happens when you click on a word in the tag cloud?
Questions? Ask anything, anytime in the Open forum.
Your facilitators,
Colleen Grandy
Gina Bennett
Sylvia Currie
The FLO MicroCourse, Experience and design a community building activity, runs for five days beginning Monday, October 29 - November 2. There are 16 of us so far, representing 7 post-secondary institutions and several private organizations.
Feeling ambitious?
We aim to keep MicroCourses trim and practical. However, we recognize that this might be your first online course, or first time using Moodle. If you're spending too much time getting oriented, send a quick email to Sylvia Currie (scurrie@bccampus.ca). Happy to help!
We look forward to learning all about welcoming learners to a course using community building activities. Thanks for joining us!
Your facilitators,
Colleen Grandy (Yukon College)
Gina Bennett (University of the Fraser Valley, previously College of the Rockies)
Sylvia Currie (BCcampus)